The fish species that form the prey base for an ecosystem.
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Anchovies
SoCal Shelf Region
Figure App.F.12.19. A figure showing the relative abundance of important fish groups collected during the spring around the Northern Channel Islands and the Southern California Shelf from 1978 - 2015.
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Relative abundance of key forage fish groups collected in net samples during spring CalCOFI cruises at sites in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and Southern California Shelf regions from 1978 to 2015. High energy taxa are Pacific sardines, northern anchovies, and Myctophids. Medium-energy taxa are Pacific hake, shortbelly rockfish, and sanddabs. Although sardine were completely absent in net samples from 2011 to 2014 in the CINMS region, comparison with samples collected in the larger Southern California Shelf region reveal that sardine were at very low abundance but not completely absent from the region. Data source: CalCOFI; Figure: A. Thompson/NOAA; Ben Best/EcoQuants
Hake
CINMS Region
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Relative abundance of key forage fish groups collected in net samples during spring CalCOFI cruises at sites in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and Southern California Shelf regions from 1978 to 2015. High energy taxa are Pacific sardines, northern anchovies, and Myctophids. Medium-energy taxa are Pacific hake, shortbelly rockfish, and sanddabs. Although sardine were completely absent in net samples from 2011 to 2014 in the CINMS region, comparison with samples collected in the larger Southern California Shelf region reveal that sardine were at very low abundance but not completely absent from the region. Data source: CalCOFI; Figure: A. Thompson/NOAA; Ben Best/EcoQuants
SoCal Shelf Region
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Relative abundance of key forage fish groups collected in net samples during spring CalCOFI cruises at sites in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and Southern California Shelf regions from 1978 to 2015. High energy taxa are Pacific sardines, northern anchovies, and Myctophids. Medium-energy taxa are Pacific hake, shortbelly rockfish, and sanddabs. Although sardine were completely absent in net samples from 2011 to 2014 in the CINMS region, comparison with samples collected in the larger Southern California Shelf region reveal that sardine were at very low abundance but not completely absent from the region. Data source: CalCOFI; Figure: A. Thompson/NOAA; Ben Best/EcoQuants
Myctophids
SoCal Shelf Region
Figure App.F.12.19. A figure showing the relative abundance of important fish groups collected during the spring around the Northern Channel Islands and the Southern California Shelf from 1978 - 2015.
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Relative abundance of key forage fish groups collected in net samples during spring CalCOFI cruises at sites in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and Southern California Shelf regions from 1978 to 2015. High energy taxa are Pacific sardines, northern anchovies, and Myctophids. Medium-energy taxa are Pacific hake, shortbelly rockfish, and sanddabs. Although sardine were completely absent in net samples from 2011 to 2014 in the CINMS region, comparison with samples collected in the larger Southern California Shelf region reveal that sardine were at very low abundance but not completely absent from the region. Data source: CalCOFI; Figure: A. Thompson/NOAA; Ben Best/EcoQuants
Rockfish
SoCal Shelf Region
Figure App.F.12.19. A figure showing the relative abundance of important fish groups collected during the spring around the Northern Channel Islands and the Southern California Shelf from 1978 - 2015.
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Relative abundance of key forage fish groups collected in net samples during spring CalCOFI cruises at sites in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and Southern California Shelf regions from 1978 to 2015. High energy taxa are Pacific sardines, northern anchovies, and Myctophids. Medium-energy taxa are Pacific hake, shortbelly rockfish, and sanddabs. Although sardine were completely absent in net samples from 2011 to 2014 in the CINMS region, comparison with samples collected in the larger Southern California Shelf region reveal that sardine were at very low abundance but not completely absent from the region. Data source: CalCOFI; Figure: A. Thompson/NOAA; Ben Best/EcoQuants
Sanddab
SoCal Shelf Region
Figure App.F.12.19. A figure showing the relative abundance of important fish groups collected during the spring around the Northern Channel Islands and the Southern California Shelf from 1978 - 2015.
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Relative abundance of key forage fish groups collected in net samples during spring CalCOFI cruises at sites in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and Southern California Shelf regions from 1978 to 2015. High energy taxa are Pacific sardines, northern anchovies, and Myctophids. Medium-energy taxa are Pacific hake, shortbelly rockfish, and sanddabs. Although sardine were completely absent in net samples from 2011 to 2014 in the CINMS region, comparison with samples collected in the larger Southern California Shelf region reveal that sardine were at very low abundance but not completely absent from the region. Data source: CalCOFI; Figure: A. Thompson/NOAA; Ben Best/EcoQuants
Sardines
SoCal Shelf Region
Figure App.F.12.19. A figure showing the relative abundance of important fish groups collected during the spring around the Northern Channel Islands and the Southern California Shelf from 1978 - 2015.
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Relative abundance of key forage fish groups collected in net samples during spring CalCOFI cruises at sites in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and Southern California Shelf regions from 1978 to 2015. High energy taxa are Pacific sardines, northern anchovies, and Myctophids. Medium-energy taxa are Pacific hake, shortbelly rockfish, and sanddabs. Although sardine were completely absent in net samples from 2011 to 2014 in the CINMS region, comparison with samples collected in the larger Southern California Shelf region reveal that sardine were at very low abundance but not completely absent from the region. Data source: CalCOFI; Figure: A. Thompson/NOAA; Ben Best/EcoQuants